Day Walks on the South Downs Guidebook

by: Deirdre Huston
This excellent guide features 20 circular routes between 6 and 14 miles in length, suitable for hill walkers of all abilities. The routes are split into Three geographical areas, Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex, and include walks in the most historic and beautiful areas of the Downs, including Winchester Hill Fort, Black Down, Chanctonbury Ring, Devil's Dyke, Ditchling Beacon and Beachy Head.

This guide is a visual delight with lots of stunning colour photography throughout and full colour OS Explorer 1:25,000 mapping of all the routes. Each walk chapter begins with an introduction to the walk, describing its features and places of interest. Distance and navigation information, starting grid reference and refreshment stops are provided. This is followed by a detailed route finding section with numbered paragraphs linked to numbers on the OS route maps.

The walk locations are:
Cheriton - 8.6 miles
Winchester Hill Fort and Meon Valley - 10.3 miles
Harting Downs - 9.4 miles
Singleton - 7.5 miles
Stedham - 8 miles
Lurgashall - 6.5 miles
Northchapel - 6.4 miles
Arundel - 8.7 miles
Whiteways - 11 miles
Amberley - 13.5 miles
Washington and Chanctonbury Ring - 7.7 miles
Bramber and Beeding Hill - 7.8 miles
Fulking and Devil's Dyke - 6.5 miles
Clayton - 8.7 miles
Ditchling Beacon - 8 miles
Plumpton - 12 miles
Southease - 9 miles
Berwick and Alfreston - 8.3 miles
Cuckmere Valley - 14 miles
Beachy Head - 7.5 miles

ISBN 9781912560912 Pages 149 (2020) 120mm x 175mm